Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Bode Ojajuni. Photo: Ogun State Police Command.

Residents of Ajogbo Akia community in Ado-Odo area of Ogun State have raised the alarm over what they describe as a violent invasion and destruction of their farmlands by hoodlums suspected to be land grabbers.

This is because, as they said, the development has left them frightened and farmers unable to access their livelihoods.

The residents who spoke in multiple interviews with PUNCH Metro on Tuesday alleged that the hoodlums invaded portions of their ancestral land, destroyed farmlands and plantations, and threatened those who attempted to resist them.

A resident, Joel Asade, said he woke up to the presence of the hoodlums storming their community and destroying their farmlands and plantations without a justifiable reason, prompting residents to suspect that they were land grabbers.